Katee Sackhoff Gets ‘Girl Flu’

EXCLUSIVE: Katee Sackhoff has been set to join Jade Pettyjohn, Jeremy Sisto, Heather Matarazzo, Judy Reyes and Isaiah Mustafa in the indie dramedyGirl Flu. Directed by Dorie Barton, Girl Flu focuses on Bird (Pettyjohn), a 12-year-old in crisis. After moving from the San Fernando Valley to Echo Park, the young girl experiences the worst week of her life as she: gets her first period; and is abandoned by her immature and stoner mother (Sackhoff) while learning she will never be able to go back home to the Valley. The film is currently in production in Los Angeles and produced by David K. Wilson and Jay Lowi through their Free Chicken Films production banner. Rich Hull and Paul Schiff are executive producing. Katherine Brown is co-producer.